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The shortlist for the Turner Prize 2019 has been announced, with artworks based on interviews with former Syrian prisoners and the history and role of women in the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland among the contenders.

An installation addressing issues of migration and community and a self-taught artist exploring feminine subjectivity through a fictional lens complete the shortlist of four.

The Turner Prize, which started in 1984, has become the UK's biggest art award, with a £40,000 prize fund - £25,000 for the winner, and £5,000 for the other nominees.

Past winners include Damien Hirst, Steve McQueen, Antony Gormley and Grayson Perry.

The successful nominee this year will be announced on 3 December.

Here are the artists on the 2019 shortlist.

Lawrence Abu Hamdan

Abu Hamdan, who lives in Beirut, uses his work to explore crimes that are heard and not seen. Using survivor testimonies from Saydnaya, a high-security Syrian prison which has been described as an "architectural instrument of torture", he created a sound installation.

Prisoners had been subjected to total sensory deprivation and forced to live in darkness in the prison, operated by President Bashar al Assad's regime.

Abu Hamdan, 34, used sound effects to help six survivors recall their memories, "to map the unknown architecture of the prison and to understand what happened there".

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His interviews were part of an audio investigation by Amnesty International and research group Forensic Architecture.

Helen Cammock

Cammock, 48, who lives in London, has been shortlisted for The Long Note, exploring the history and role of women in the civil rights movement in Derry/Londonderry in 1968 using film, photography, print, text and performance art.

The work "highlights how the complexities of the politics of Northern Ireland have overshadowed the social history of the region and the variety of political positions taken by women during that time".

The jury praised the "timely and urgent quality" of her work.

Oscar Murillo

Colombian-born Oscar Murillo, 33, incorporates a variety of techniques and media in his work, including painting, drawing, performance, sculpture and sound, often using recycled materials and fragments from his studio.

His art explores "materials, process and labour, as well as issues of migration, community, exchange and trade in today's globalised world".

The jury praised him for "pushing the boundaries".

Tai Shani

Self-taught artist Tai Shani, 42, who lives in London, explores "feminine subjectivity and experience through a gothic/science-fiction lens".

The jury noted the "compelling nature of her ongoing project Dark Continent and its "ability to combine historical texts with contemporary references and issues".

Developed over four years, Shani takes inspiration from a 15th century feminist text, Christine de Pizan's The Book of the City of Ladies, using theatrical installations, performances and films.